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The Democrats' IRS Dodge

Sandy Levin says 'progressives' were targeted too. Ah, no.

Updated June 28, 2013 7:09 p.m. ET

When the scandal over IRS political targeting first broke, Democrats claimed to be as outraged as Republicans. They have since spent most of their time leaking to diminish the story or otherwise wishing it away. But it isn't working.

In this week's spin-control backfire, Michigan's Sandy Levin let the media know that some "progressive" groups had been screened for political reasons the way tea party outfits were. Mr. Levin also released a series of IRS "Be On the Lookout" (BOLO) lists that included the...